CHEM 303 - Environmental Chemistry I

3 units (fi 6)(FIRST, 3-0-0)

The chemistry of environmental processes related to climate change, the ozone hole and chemical pollution. Atmospheric chemistry; thermal and photochemical reactions of atmospheric gases including oxygen, ozone, hydroxyl radical, and oxides of nitrogen and sulfur. Aquatic chemistry; characterization, reactions, and equilibria of dissolved species, ocean acidification. Toxic substances from anthropogenic sources in the environment, such as metals and organohalides. Partitioning of contaminants, environmental fate modelling, mass balance and risk assessment. Prerequisites: CHEM 102; CHEM 261 or 264; CHEM 263 or 265; and one 200-level CHEM course or BIOCH 200, or CH E 243.